Mountains of Snow

 

Braving the cold I rode my winter bicycle down to Ville St. Pierre and found this scene of a mountain of snow in the parking lot of la Belle Province. The main challenge was enduring the smell of greasy french fires emanating from the fast food restaurant. Not to mention the wind chill. The sign for the restaurant and a few telephone poles were buried in the snow pile.

La Belle Province, Mountains of Snow, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, February 2022 (No. 3063)

The main canal path was covered in deep snow so I continued along the sidewalk which went over an overpass towards Verdun. I stopped at the top of the overpass on the sidewalk to make this interesting scene of a mountain of snow with the iconic Montreal skyline in the distance. A snow plow sat idly by the pile. This was a tough one, the traffic was noisy and the wind was blasting me from the south west.

Snow Mountain Montreal, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, February 2022 (No. 3064)

By now I was feeling the bitter cold. While cycling my little 'ab master' bike I noticed some crows flying and one landed on the top of a snow pile. Thinking about a hot cup of tea I kept riding, but then I stopped at the Reno Depot parking lot and made this painting of the snow mountains, and then painted in the raven. It took about 10 minutes for the sky to dry so that I could overlay the trees and birds. I had to make this painting, because how many water painters will ever paint a crow on a pile of snow?

Crow on a pile of snow, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, February 2022 (No. 3065)